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US-10825413

Shift register circuit, gate driving circuit and method for driving the same, and display apparatus

PublishedNovember 3, 2020
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Technical Abstract

A shift register circuit, a gate driving circuit and a method for driving the same, and a display apparatus are disclosed. The shift register circuit includes: an input circuit configured to receive an input signal and output the input signal to a pull-up node; an output circuit configured to receive a clock signal and provide an output signal at a signal output terminal based on the clock signal under control of a level at the pull-up node; a pull-down circuit configured to pull down a level at the signal output terminal under control of a level at a pull-down node; and at least one of a feedback circuit or a pull-down control circuit, wherein the feedback circuit is electrically coupled to the pull-up node, and is configured to output a first feedback signal based on the level at the pull-up node; and the pull-down control circuit is electrically coupled to the pull-up node and the pull-down node, and is configured to receive a second feedback signal and control the level at the pull-down node under control of the level at the pull-up node and the second feedback signal.

Patent Claims
20 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A shift register circuit, comprising: an input circuit electrically coupled to a pull-up node of the shift register circuit, and configured to receive an input signal and output the input signal to the pull-up node; an output circuit electrically coupled to a signal output terminal and the pull-up node of the shift register circuit, and configured to receive a clock signal and provide an output signal at the signal output terminal based on the clock signal under control of a level at the pull-up node; a pull-down circuit electrically coupled to the signal output terminal and a pull-down node of the shift register circuit, and configured to pull down a level at the signal output terminal under control of a level at the pull-down node; and at least one of: a feedback circuit electrically coupled to the pull-up node, and configured to output a first feedback signal based on the level at the pull-up node; or a pull-down control circuit electrically coupled to the pull-up node and the pull-down node, and configured to receive a second feedback signal and control the level at the pull-down node under control of the level at the pull-up node and the second feedback signal.

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2. The shift register circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the pull-down control circuit is included and comprises: a first control sub-circuit electrically coupled to the pull-up node and the pull-down node, and configured to control the level at the pull-down node under control of the level at the pull-up node; and a second control sub-circuit electrically coupled to the first control sub-circuit, wherein the second control sub-circuit has a feedback input terminal, and is configured to receive the second feedback signal at the feedback input terminal and control turn-on and turn-off of the first control sub-circuit according to the second feedback signal.

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3. The shift register circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the shift register circuit comprises one of the feedback circuit or the pull-down control circuit, and the pull-down node comprises a first pull-down node.

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4. The shift register circuit according to claim 1 , wherein: the shift register circuit comprises the feedback circuit and the pull-down control circuit; the pull-down node comprises a first pull-down node and a second pull-down node; the pull-down circuit is electrically coupled to the signal output terminal, the first pull-down node and the second pull-down node, and is configured to pull down the level at the signal output terminal under control of levels at the first pull-down node and the second pull-down node; and the pull-down control circuit is electrically coupled to the pull-up node and the first pull-down node, and is configured to receive the second feedback signal and control the level at the first pull-down node under control of the level at the pull-up node and the second feedback signal.

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5. The shift register circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the pull-down control circuit comprises a first control sub-circuit and a second control sub-circuit, and wherein: the first control sub-circuit comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor and a capacitor, wherein: the first transistor has a gate electrically coupled to a power supply signal terminal configured to provide a power supply signal, a first electrode electrically coupled to the gate, and a second electrode electrically coupled to a gate of the second transistor; the second transistor has the gate electrically coupled to the second electrode of the first transistor, a first electrode electrically coupled to the power supply signal terminal, and a second electrode electrically coupled to the first pull-down node; the third transistor has a gate electrically coupled to the pull-up node, a first electrode electrically coupled to the second electrode of the second transistor, and a second electrode electrically coupled to a reference signal terminal configured to provide a reference signal; the fourth transistor has a gate electrically coupled to the pull-up node, a first electrode electrically coupled to the second electrode of the first transistor, and a second electrode electrically coupled to the reference signal terminal; and the capacitor is electrically coupled between the gate and the second electrode of the second transistor, and the second control sub-circuit comprises a fifth transistor, wherein the fifth transistor has a gate electrically coupled to the feedback input terminal, a first electrode electrically coupled to the second electrode of the first transistor, and a second electrode electrically coupled to the reference signal terminal.

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6. The shift register circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the feedback circuit comprises a feedback sub-circuit, a first pull-down sub-circuit, and a second pull-down sub-circuit, and wherein: the feedback sub-circuit comprises a sixth transistor and a seventh transistor, wherein the sixth transistor has a gate electrically coupled to the pull-up node, a first electrode electrically coupled to a power supply signal terminal configured to provide a power supply signal, and a second electrode electrically coupled to a gate of the seventh transistor, and the seventh transistor has the gate electrically coupled to a first electrode thereof, and a second electrode electrically coupled to a feedback output terminal; the first pull-down sub-circuit comprises an eighth transistor and an eleventh transistor, wherein the eighth transistor has a gate electrically coupled to the first pull-down node, a first electrode electrically coupled to the second electrode of the sixth transistor, and a second electrode electrically coupled to a reference signal terminal configured to provide a reference signal, and the eleventh transistor has a gate electrically coupled to the second pull-down node, a first electrode electrically coupled to the second electrode of the sixth transistor, and a second electrode electrically coupled to the reference signal terminal; and the second pull-down sub-circuit comprises a ninth transistor and a twelfth transistor, wherein the ninth transistor has a gate electrically coupled to the first pull-down node, a first electrode electrically coupled to the pull-up node, and a second electrode electrically coupled to the reference signal terminal, and the twelfth transistor has a gate electrically coupled to the second pull-down node, a first electrode electrically coupled to the pull-up node, and a second electrode electrically coupled to the reference signal terminal.

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7. The shift register circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the feedback circuit further comprises a third pull-down sub-circuit, the third pull-down sub-circuit comprising a tenth transistor and a thirteenth transistor, wherein: the tenth transistor has a gate electrically coupled to the first pull-down node, a first electrode electrically coupled to the second electrode of the ninth transistor and the feedback output terminal, and a second electrode electrically coupled to the reference signal terminal; and the thirteenth transistor has a gate electrically coupled to the second pull-down node, a first electrode electrically coupled to the second electrode of the twelfth transistor and the feedback output terminal, and a second electrode electrically coupled to the reference signal terminal.

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8. The shift register circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the feedback circuit is included and comprises: a feedback sub-circuit electrically coupled to the pull-up node, wherein the feedback sub-circuit has a feedback output terminal, and is configured to generate the first feedback signal based on the level at the pull-up node and output the first feedback signal at the feedback output terminal; a first pull-down sub-circuit electrically coupled to the feedback sub-circuit and the pull-down node, and configured to pull down the first feedback signal generated by the feedback sub-circuit under control of the level at the pull-down node; and a second pull-down sub-circuit electrically coupled to the pull-up node and the pull-down node, and configured to pull down the level at the pull-up node under control of the level at the pull-down node.

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9. The shift register circuit according to claim 8 , wherein the feedback circuit further comprises a third pull-down sub-circuit, wherein the second pull-down sub-circuit is electrically coupled to a reference signal terminal configured to provide a reference signal through the third pull-down sub-circuit, and the third pull-down sub-circuit is electrically coupled to the pull-down node, and is configured to pull down a level at a node between the third pull-down sub-circuit and the second pull-down sub-circuit under control of the level at the pull-down node; and the feedback output terminal is electrically coupled to the node between the third pull-down sub-circuit and the second pull-down sub-circuit.

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10. The shift register circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the input circuit comprises a fourteenth transistor and a fifteenth transistor, wherein the fourteenth transistor has a gate and a first electrode electrically coupled to a signal input terminal configured to provide an input signal, and a second electrode electrically coupled to a first electrode of the fifteenth transistor, and the fifteenth transistor has a gate electrically coupled to the gate of the fourteenth transistor, the first electrode electrically coupled to the second electrode of the fourteenth transistor, and a second electrode electrically coupled to the pull-up node; and the feedback output terminal is electrically coupled to the second electrode of the fourteenth transistor and the first electrode of the fifteenth transistor.

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11. The shift register circuit according to claim 9 , further comprising a reset circuit comprising a sixteenth transistor and a seventeenth transistor, wherein: the sixteenth transistor has a gate electrically coupled to a reset signal terminal configured to provide a reset signal, a first electrode electrically coupled to the pull-up node, and a second electrode electrically coupled to a first electrode of the seventeenth transistor; the seventeenth transistor has a gate electrically coupled to the reset signal terminal, the first electrode electrically coupled to the second electrode of the sixteenth transistor, and a second electrode electrically coupled to the reference signal terminal; and the feedback output terminal is electrically coupled to the second electrode of the sixteenth transistor and the first electrode of the seventeenth transistor.

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12. A gate driving circuit, comprising cascaded shift register circuits at N stages according to claim 1 , wherein: the shift register circuit at the n th stage receives an output signal from the shift register circuit at the (n−1) th stage as an input signal, and receives an output signal from the shift register circuit at the (n+2) th stage as a reset signal, where n and N are integers, N≥4, and 2≤n<N−2; for each shift register circuit having a pull-down control circuit, the shift register circuit at its next stage has a feedback circuit, and the shift register circuit having the pull-down control circuit receives a first feedback signal output from the feedback circuit of the shift register circuit at its next stage as a second feedback signal; and a pull-down node of the shift register circuit having the pull-down control circuit is electrically coupled to a pull-down node of the shift register circuit at its previous or next stage to form a group of shift register circuits.

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13. The gate driving circuit according to claim 12 , wherein: the pull-down node comprises a first node; and one shift register circuit from the group of shift register circuits comprises a pull-down control circuit, and another shift register circuit from the group of shift register circuits comprises a feedback circuit.

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14. The gate driving circuit according to claim 12 , wherein: the pull-down node comprises a first node and a second node; each shift register circuit from the group of shift register circuits comprises a pull-down control circuit and a feedback circuit; and a first pull-down node of a first shift register circuit from the group of shift register circuits is electrically coupled to a second pull-down node of a second shift register circuit from the group of shift register circuits, and a second pull-down node of the first shift register circuit from the group of shift register circuits is electrically coupled to a first pull-down node of the second shift register circuit from the group of shift register circuits.

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15. The gate driving circuit according to claim 14 , wherein a pull-down control circuit of the first shift register circuit from the group of shift register circuits is configured to be powered by a first power supply signal, and a pull-down control circuit of the second shift register circuit from the group of shift register circuits is configured to be powered by a second power supply signal which is inverted to the first power supply signal.

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16. The gate driving circuit according to claim 12 , wherein the shift register circuit having the feedback circuit has a feedback output terminal configured to output the first feedback signal, and the gate driving circuit further comprises a connection component provided between the feedback output terminal and the pull-up node of the shift register circuit, and configured to electrically couple the feedback output terminal to the pull-up node in a first state, and electrically decouple the feedback output terminal from the pull-up node in a second state.

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17. The gate driving circuit according to claim 16 , wherein the connection component comprises a pad which is able to be electrically coupled by laser breakdown.

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18. A display apparatus, comprising the gate driving circuit according to claim 12 .

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19. A method for driving the gate driving circuit according to claim 12 , comprising: providing power to pull-down control circuits and/or feedback circuits of the shift register circuits in the gate driving circuit, and providing clock signals to the shift register circuits.

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20. The method according to claim 19 , wherein the pull-down node comprises a first node and a second node and each shift register circuit in the group of shift register circuits comprises a pull-down control circuit and a feedback circuit, and wherein providing power to the pull-down control circuits of the shift register circuits comprises: providing a first power supply signal to a pull-down control circuit of a first shift register circuit from the group of shift register circuits, and providing a second power supply signal to a pull-down control circuit of a second shift register circuit from the group of shift register circuits, wherein: in a first time period, the first power supply signal is at a first level, and the second power supply signal is at a second level; and in a second time period, the first power supply signal is at the second level, and the second power supply signal is at the first level.

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July 26, 2019

Publication Date

November 3, 2020

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